Rising American stars will experience successful waves into Delray Seaside.
Australian Open breakout stars Learner Tien and Nishesh Basavareddy are set to play the Delray Seaside Open qualifying occasion as a part of Opening Weekend February 7-9 on the Delray Seaside Stadium & Tennis Middle, the event introduced.
4 gamers will advance from the qualifying draw to the ATP 250 fundamental draw occasion that takes place February 10-Sixteenth.
Tickets can be found at DelrayBeachOpen.com
Tien and Basavareddy, two 19-year-old People, electrified followers on the season’s first Grand Slam.
The left-handed Tien received three qualifying matches to succeed in the primary draw, then received three extra matches, together with a win over No. 5 Daniil Medvedev in a fifth-set tiebreak, to develop into the youngest man to succeed in the Australian Open fourth spherical since Rafael Nadal in 2005. Basavareddy earned a wild card into his first Grand Slam fundamental draw, then received his first Grand Slam set in opposition to 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic earlier than falling in 4 units.
Tien, who completed third on the 2021 USTA Nationwide Clay Court docket Boys’ 18 Championships in Delray Seaside, will climb roughly 40 spots to crack the world’s High 100 for the primary time subsequent week at a projected No. 80. Basavareddy is on the doorstep presently at a career-high No. 107.
They are going to be attempting to affix fellow People Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul within the Delray Seaside Open fundamental draw. Fritz, world-ranked No. 4, is the two-time defending champion, and final 12 months’s runner-up Paul will make his debut on this planet’s High 10 rankings subsequent week after reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals. View the preliminary fundamental draw entry checklist right here.
Different gamers well-known to Delray Seaside tennis followers who will compete within the DBO qualifying rounds embody 2023 Wimbledon quarterfinalist Christopher Eubanks and two-time Delray Seaside Open semifinalist Mackenzie McDonald.
2025 Delray Seaside Open qualifying subject by the numbers to this point (two wild playing cards nonetheless to be added to the sphere):
3 ATP Tour title winners (Christopher Eubanks, Yibing Wu, Taro Daniel)
5 earlier Delray Seaside Open fundamental draw gamers (Christopher Eubanks, Mackenzie McDonald, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Taro Daniel, Mitchell Krueger)
4 gamers who received matches at 2025 Australian Open (Learner Tien, Tristan Boyer, Mitchell Krueger, James Duckworth)
1 NCAA singles champion (Mackenzie McDonald, UCLA, 2016)
7 People (Christopher Eubanks, Nishesh Basavareddy, Aleksandar Kovacevic, Learner Tien, Mackenzie McDonald, Tristan Boyer, Mitchell Krueger)
5 gamers age 25 or youthful (Youngest – Learner Tien, 19)
3 gamers age 30 or older (Oldest – James Duckworth, 33)
